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S. Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant Middelburg,South Africa (AFP) Oct 10, 2024 The cold corridors of South Africa's once-mighty Komati coal-fired power plant have been quiet since its shutdown in 2022 in what was trumpeted as a pioneering project in the world's transition to green energy. Two years later, plans to repurpose the country's oldest coal power plant have amounted to little in a process that offers caution and lessons for countries intending to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and switch to renewables. Jobs have been lost and construction for wind and solar ... read more |
Can carbon credits help close coal plants? Bangkok (AFP) Oct 9, 2024 A few dozen kilometres from the Philippine capital Manila sits a coal plant that some hope could be a model for how developing countries can quit the polluting fossil fuel. ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2024 A new paper from the University of California San Diego details how China faces numerous political, economic and technological obstacles as it tries to transition away from coal-the country's primar ... more London (AFP) Sept 30, 2024 The UK's last coal-fired power station will officially close its doors on Monday, making Britain the first G7 country to end its reliance on the fossil fuel to produce electricity. ... more Sydney (AFP) Sept 25, 2024 Australia's decision to extend the lifespan of three coal mines was branded as a "betrayal" by climate groups who said on Wednesday it means another 1.3 billion tonnes of emissions will be pumped into the atmosphere. ... more |
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Coal generates less than 50% of Australian electricity for first time Sydney (AFP) Sept 4, 2024 Coal generated less than 50 percent of Australia's electricity in the last week of August, dropping to a record low as renewable production surged, data showed Wednesday. ... more Beijing (AFP) Aug 21, 2024 mining accident in southwest China on Wednesday killed eight people, according to state media. ... more Zurich (AFP) Aug 7, 2024 Swiss commodities giant Glencore announced Wednesday that it had decided against spinning off its coal business for now after consulting shareholders who view the polluting fossil fuel as a cash-generating activity. ... more Hanoi (AFP) July 30, 2024 A coal mine collapsed near Vietnam's Ha Long Bay after heavy rain killing five people, state media reported Tuesday. ... more Jakarta (AFP) July 29, 2024 Coal firms in major CO2 emitter Indonesia are overlooking planet-warming methane emissions, obscuring the full environmental impact of their operations, according to a report published Monday. ... more |
Last Polish miner missing after tremor found alive Warsaw (AFP) July 13, 2024 The last Polish coal miner missing after a tremor was found alive Saturday, the mining company said, two days after the earthquake killed one and injured 17 more. The miner was one of two not evacuated from the Rydultowy mine in southern Poland at the time of the earthquake, with 76 of his colleagues transported to safety. The other missing miner's dead body was found Thursday evening. Rescuers had "found the miner they had been looking for since the earthquake" shortly before 2:00 pm local ... read more London (AFP) July 12, 2024 Contentious plans to open the UK's first new coal mine in decades appeared doomed Friday after it emerged the new Labour government will not defend the project's previous approval in court. ... more |
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17 miners injured, 2 missing in Polish coal mine tremor Warsaw (AFP) July 11, 2024 A tremor in a coal mine in southern Poland on Thursday left 17 miners injured and two others missing, the mine operator told Polish media. ... more Bangkok (AFP) July 2, 2024 Coal accounts for a growing share of electricity generation in the Philippines and Indonesia, which are failing to ramp up renewables fast enough, a new report has warned. ... more Sydney (AFP) May 23, 2024 Sun-soaked Australia's lofty renewable energy ambitions were given a harsh reality check on Thursday, as looming electricity shortfalls delayed the long-awaited shutdown of the country's largest coal-fired power plant. ... more Washington (AFP) May 17, 2024 President Joe Biden's government on Thursday announced a plan to end coal leases in the Powder River Basin, the nation's largest coal-producing region, drawing condemnation from the mining sector and praise from environmentalists. ... more Beli Bryag, Bulgaria (AFP) May 6, 2024 The European Union's plans to phase out coal are not going down well in Beli Bryag, a Bulgarian mining village that was sacrificed to expand an open-pit mine. ... more |
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